Geoff Shackelford

It was exciting, transformational, controversial, wacky and - like everything else - affected by the slow economy

The game's fundamentals are strong and no other pastime offers such a unique user experience

If we want to grow the game, the first- tee experience needs to be revisited.

Following the 9/11 attacks, Golfdom's editorial team asked me to contemplate golf's place in a vastly different world. I railed on about the need for more native golf, questioned how high-end golf properties could lead to a successful future, and I touched upon the disastrous influence of club...more >>

Just a friendly reminder to document what you do

Has your new boss ever asked where he could buy his own Stimpmeter?

Ultimately, it's the strategic possibilities that will drive courses to blow up their tennis course squares

It's time to preach the gospel of conservation

At the Golf Industry Show in February, the American Society of Golf Course Architects had just emerged from a closed-door meeting. Two scions of the profession, Alice and Pete Dye, approached Golf Digest Architecture Editor Ron Whitten in the Orange County Convention Center hallway. When Pete and...more >>

Golfdom Contributing Editor Geoff Shackelford interviews John Barton, author of controversial Golf Digest article.